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May 17, 2021
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Monday, May 17, 2021
Overview
Presented by Apollo Theater Education, Harlem 2020, and GoodThin.gs, FootPrint – Design and Creativity in Sneaker Culture will celebrate the cultural, societal, and aesthetic impact of the sneaker through interactive storytelling, demonstrations, and conversations with leaders from the creative and business industries.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Want to learn more about careers in the sneaker industry? Read below:
Meet a sneaker industry insider you should get to know.
Sean Williams is an Brand Story Expert / Exhibition Curator / Teacher, and Co- Founder of Obsessive Sneaker Disorder (OSD) / SOLECial Studies, a company which provides advice and assists on the design of footwear in the basketball and lifestyle categories for both major and independent footwear brands.
Sean was also featured in Business Insider magazine as one of the most outstanding people of color transforming the sneaker industry today. So please checkout his Instagram @osd_paperchasr and connect with him via Tumblr or LinkedIn.
10 Best College Majors For Sneakerheads
Fashion
Interior Design
Marketing
Engineering
Art
Business
Architecture
Creative Writing
Chemistry
Management
Information provided by Kicksonfire
Sneaker Career Course at FIT
Fashion Institute of Technology faculty, together with leaders from Complex and across the sneaker world, will teach you about the key areas, and related career opportunities in the ever-evolving sneaker industry. This is a 100% online course.
Careers in the Sneaker Industry
Product Testers – Sneaker brands employ product testers to test products beyond the simple metrics of comfort or fit. They need to identify potential areas that can become defective or poorly designed, such as a misplaced upper seam or flex point. By recognizing where things can go wrong, the product designers can then tweak the design to avoid these defects and, in turn, issue fewer refunds.
Innovation Engineers work towards implementing the very latest (and future) cutting-edge technology into products, namely footwear, but sometimes sole tech can end up in apparel and vice versa. As such, this high-level job requires a background in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
Designers are responsible for all your favourite sneakers. Whether they’re operating as an individual or within a team, designers create new products (or sometimes recreate them) for a number of reasons. Some of the most common include implementing the latest technology, such as the Nike Space Hippie line. While others rework old blueprints for a new audience, like the truer-to-OG Air Presto.
Buyer – Buying is a frequently found role on the retail side of the sneaker industry. Buyers choose which product lines and new brands a business wants to carry for the upcoming season/s. The best buyers are often those who started on the shop floor and worked their way up, giving them an up-to-date understanding of what the market wants, but also an analytical mind to balance the numbers.
Writer – Writing about sneakers is perhaps the most autonomous. Almost anyone can become a sneaker writer if they have a blog and an opinion. But, under a more professional and regimented organisation, sneaker writers are penning everything from snappy release blogs to long-form historical deep dive features. Or, they’re just jumping online to bicker with other sneaker writers.
Visual Merchandiser (VM) is the art form of optimising spaces to better sell products. While VMs aren’t exclusive to the sneaker industry, some of the most exciting examples of product marketing have been tied to footwear. It can involve creating window displays to showcase the latest products, or even redesigning an entire space for a pop-up.
Sales Assistant – This job is often the first step towards a career in the sneaker industry. If you stick it out, you’ll pick up valuable industry experience and gain hard-earned understanding that can only be obtained firsthand on the shop floor. Which can be translated into innate knowledge of consumer, and regional market trends.
Information provide by SNEAKER FREAKER
Panelists
Chris Emdin
Chris Emdin
Chris Emdin is a tenured professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology at Teachers College, Columbia University, where he also serves as Associate Director of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education. He is the author of the award-winning book Urban Science Education for the Hip-Hop Generation and the New York Times Best Seller, For White Folks Who Teach In The Hood and The Rest of Ya’ll Too. Emdin has been named one of the The Root 100 Most Influential African Americans and one of the 27 people bridging divides across America by Times magazine. His newest book, Ratchetdemic: Reimagining Academic Excellence is currently available for pre-order.
Tami Gamble
Tami Gamble
Tami Gamble is the Founder and CEO of Girly Shop Teacher, LLC and Girly Shop Teacher Foundation with the combined mission to “Ignite a spirit to BUILD in youth and reframe the need, value, and inclusion of Construction Education.” This wayforger is an ambassador to the building trades, ushering in the next generation into the time honored industry of construction. Having served five years teaching Construction and Building Trades at Duncanville High School in Duncanville, Texas, on Dallas’ southern border. Tami now hosts creative programs that introduce and inspire youth in the construction crafts. You can catch a glimpse of her representing Real Women that Do Real work for the Duluth Trading Company clothing brand or on Disney+’s Shop Class. No matter where you find the Girly Shop Teacher you will be captivated by her energetic, comedic spirit and never quit attitude.
Her first heartthrob moment in construction came when she was helping her dad set and pour cement steps at the age of six. This zany mother of three sons is a Howard University graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, a Certified Texas Education Agency Teacher, NCCER Certified Trades Instructor and OSHA certified. She appeared on the cover of Southwest Now Magazine January 2019, was named Power Up Inc. Woman in Construction May 2018, awarded Duncanville ISD “Made with Pride” Teacher of the Month May 2016, Duncanville High School Teacher of the Month in January 2018
Jeffrey Alan Henderson
Jeffrey Alan Henderson
Jeffrey Alan Henderson founded And Them in 2014. With projects from Allbirds to Yeezy, his creative strategy is a comprehensive blend of his technical background, design style and creative leadership. The Ohio native keeps a balanced portfolio of Branding and Product projects for businesses large and small.
After earning his engineering degree from Purdue & Georgia Tech, he took on a diverse project load at Nike – Kids, Tokyo Design Studio, Running, Sportswear and Cole Haan. The sale of Cole Haan left him with a unique opportunity to develop the global creative agency, making a space in the industry for Black & Brown creatives based in Harlem.
Today, And Them continues to diversify the industry with product, content and people. Their projects blur the nonprofit and for-profit world because community and commerce have never been separate conversations.
Ashlee Muhammad
Ashlee Muhammad
Ashlee Muhammad was born blind in one eye. She spent much of her youth being bullied for being “different” and yearned to fit in… until she finally realized she was born to stand out.
Ashlee embraced her differences, especially through her clothing. She was comfortable in her own style even though it was radically different from everyone else in her Harlem neighborhood. Some made fun of her, but Ashlee had a sense there was a future for her in fashion. “I thought, maybe I could make this a thing,” she recalled. “In a world where nothing felt normal, those things felt normal. Maybe this is something I want to tap into as a career when I get older.”
That decision proved to suit her very well. Today, Ashlee is an emerging fashion designer fusing fashion with the social activism of self-love and empowerment for women through her signature brand, #BeEyeConic. “It started as an idea with me learning to love myself,” Ashlee explains. She came up with the “e-y-e” twist in the brand name because it spoke to the truth of her personal story. “I really want to spread the message that you are an individual and you are born to stand out and be your own unique, eye-conic, being.”
Ashlee is also the style curator for Harlem Haberdashery–a trendy boutique in NYC, and works closely with one of the partners there, Kells Barnett. He describes her style as funky and fun and loves how she mixes high and low pieces, such as wearing a lace dress with a sweatshirt over it.
Natalie Hernandez
Natalie Hernandez
Moderator
Natalie Hernandez (she/her) is a Real Time Editor at News 12 Brooklyn and the Bronx where she performs assignment desk, digital and field producing duties. Natalie is a graduate of the CUNY Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism’s class of 2021 where she studied urban reporting and video journalism. Her past experience includes internships at NBC, CNBC, CBS and New York 1. Natalie’s relationship with the Apollo Theater Education Program stems back to 2016 when she was given her first internship opportunity. As an Apollo Young Producer, she has assisted in the planning and served as host and moderator of several Apollo Education events.
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Monday, May 17, 2021
Overview
Presented by Apollo Theater Education, Harlem 2020, and GoodThin.gs, FootPrint – Design and Creativity in Sneaker Culture will celebrate the cultural, societal, and aesthetic impact of the sneaker through interactive storytelling, demonstrations, and conversations with leaders from the creative and business industries.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Want to learn more about careers in the sneaker industry? Read below:
Meet a sneaker industry insider you should get to know.
Sean Williams is an Brand Story Expert / Exhibition Curator / Teacher, and Co- Founder of Obsessive Sneaker Disorder (OSD) / SOLECial Studies, a company which provides advice and assists on the design of footwear in the basketball and lifestyle categories for both major and independent footwear brands.
Sean was also featured in Business Insider magazine as one of the most outstanding people of color transforming the sneaker industry today. So please checkout his Instagram @osd_paperchasr and connect with him via Tumblr or LinkedIn.
10 Best College Majors For Sneakerheads
Fashion
Interior Design
Marketing
Engineering
Art
Business
Architecture
Creative Writing
Chemistry
Management
Information provided by Kicksonfire
Sneaker Career Course at FIT
Fashion Institute of Technology faculty, together with leaders from Complex and across the sneaker world, will teach you about the key areas, and related career opportunities in the ever-evolving sneaker industry. This is a 100% online course.
Careers in the Sneaker Industry
Product Testers – Sneaker brands employ product testers to test products beyond the simple metrics of comfort or fit. They need to identify potential areas that can become defective or poorly designed, such as a misplaced upper seam or flex point. By recognizing where things can go wrong, the product designers can then tweak the design to avoid these defects and, in turn, issue fewer refunds.
Innovation Engineers work towards implementing the very latest (and future) cutting-edge technology into products, namely footwear, but sometimes sole tech can end up in apparel and vice versa. As such, this high-level job requires a background in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
Designers are responsible for all your favourite sneakers. Whether they’re operating as an individual or within a team, designers create new products (or sometimes recreate them) for a number of reasons. Some of the most common include implementing the latest technology, such as the Nike Space Hippie line. While others rework old blueprints for a new audience, like the truer-to-OG Air Presto.
Buyer – Buying is a frequently found role on the retail side of the sneaker industry. Buyers choose which product lines and new brands a business wants to carry for the upcoming season/s. The best buyers are often those who started on the shop floor and worked their way up, giving them an up-to-date understanding of what the market wants, but also an analytical mind to balance the numbers.
Writer – Writing about sneakers is perhaps the most autonomous. Almost anyone can become a sneaker writer if they have a blog and an opinion. But, under a more professional and regimented organisation, sneaker writers are penning everything from snappy release blogs to long-form historical deep dive features. Or, they’re just jumping online to bicker with other sneaker writers.
Visual Merchandiser (VM) is the art form of optimising spaces to better sell products. While VMs aren’t exclusive to the sneaker industry, some of the most exciting examples of product marketing have been tied to footwear. It can involve creating window displays to showcase the latest products, or even redesigning an entire space for a pop-up.
Sales Assistant – This job is often the first step towards a career in the sneaker industry. If you stick it out, you’ll pick up valuable industry experience and gain hard-earned understanding that can only be obtained firsthand on the shop floor. Which can be translated into innate knowledge of consumer, and regional market trends.
Information provide by SNEAKER FREAKER
Panelists
Chris Emdin
Chris Emdin
Chris Emdin is a tenured professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology at Teachers College, Columbia University, where he also serves as Associate Director of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education. He is the author of the award-winning book Urban Science Education for the Hip-Hop Generation and the New York Times Best Seller, For White Folks Who Teach In The Hood and The Rest of Ya’ll Too. Emdin has been named one of the The Root 100 Most Influential African Americans and one of the 27 people bridging divides across America by Times magazine. His newest book, Ratchetdemic: Reimagining Academic Excellence is currently available for pre-order.
Tami Gamble
Tami Gamble
Tami Gamble is the Founder and CEO of Girly Shop Teacher, LLC and Girly Shop Teacher Foundation with the combined mission to “Ignite a spirit to BUILD in youth and reframe the need, value, and inclusion of Construction Education.” This wayforger is an ambassador to the building trades, ushering in the next generation into the time honored industry of construction. Having served five years teaching Construction and Building Trades at Duncanville High School in Duncanville, Texas, on Dallas’ southern border. Tami now hosts creative programs that introduce and inspire youth in the construction crafts. You can catch a glimpse of her representing Real Women that Do Real work for the Duluth Trading Company clothing brand or on Disney+’s Shop Class. No matter where you find the Girly Shop Teacher you will be captivated by her energetic, comedic spirit and never quit attitude.
Her first heartthrob moment in construction came when she was helping her dad set and pour cement steps at the age of six. This zany mother of three sons is a Howard University graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, a Certified Texas Education Agency Teacher, NCCER Certified Trades Instructor and OSHA certified. She appeared on the cover of Southwest Now Magazine January 2019, was named Power Up Inc. Woman in Construction May 2018, awarded Duncanville ISD “Made with Pride” Teacher of the Month May 2016, Duncanville High School Teacher of the Month in January 2018
Jeffrey Alan Henderson
Jeffrey Alan Henderson
Jeffrey Alan Henderson founded And Them in 2014. With projects from Allbirds to Yeezy, his creative strategy is a comprehensive blend of his technical background, design style and creative leadership. The Ohio native keeps a balanced portfolio of Branding and Product projects for businesses large and small.
After earning his engineering degree from Purdue & Georgia Tech, he took on a diverse project load at Nike – Kids, Tokyo Design Studio, Running, Sportswear and Cole Haan. The sale of Cole Haan left him with a unique opportunity to develop the global creative agency, making a space in the industry for Black & Brown creatives based in Harlem.
Today, And Them continues to diversify the industry with product, content and people. Their projects blur the nonprofit and for-profit world because community and commerce have never been separate conversations.
Ashlee Muhammad
Ashlee Muhammad
Ashlee Muhammad was born blind in one eye. She spent much of her youth being bullied for being “different” and yearned to fit in… until she finally realized she was born to stand out.
Ashlee embraced her differences, especially through her clothing. She was comfortable in her own style even though it was radically different from everyone else in her Harlem neighborhood. Some made fun of her, but Ashlee had a sense there was a future for her in fashion. “I thought, maybe I could make this a thing,” she recalled. “In a world where nothing felt normal, those things felt normal. Maybe this is something I want to tap into as a career when I get older.”
That decision proved to suit her very well. Today, Ashlee is an emerging fashion designer fusing fashion with the social activism of self-love and empowerment for women through her signature brand, #BeEyeConic. “It started as an idea with me learning to love myself,” Ashlee explains. She came up with the “e-y-e” twist in the brand name because it spoke to the truth of her personal story. “I really want to spread the message that you are an individual and you are born to stand out and be your own unique, eye-conic, being.”
Ashlee is also the style curator for Harlem Haberdashery–a trendy boutique in NYC, and works closely with one of the partners there, Kells Barnett. He describes her style as funky and fun and loves how she mixes high and low pieces, such as wearing a lace dress with a sweatshirt over it.
Natalie Hernandez
Natalie Hernandez
Moderator
Natalie Hernandez (she/her) is a Real Time Editor at News 12 Brooklyn and the Bronx where she performs assignment desk, digital and field producing duties. Natalie is a graduate of the CUNY Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism’s class of 2021 where she studied urban reporting and video journalism. Her past experience includes internships at NBC, CNBC, CBS and New York 1. Natalie’s relationship with the Apollo Theater Education Program stems back to 2016 when she was given her first internship opportunity. As an Apollo Young Producer, she has assisted in the planning and served as host and moderator of several Apollo Education events.
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The Apollo’s Historic Theater has 12 wheelchair seating locations available for every show, all on the Orchestra seating level. Tickets for wheelchair seating locations can be purchased at The Apollo Theater box office or on Ticketmaster.
Four wheelchair seating locations will be reserved until the day of each performance.Each seating level is accessible via the elevator inside The Apollo’s Historic Theater. Guests should be aware of the small steps leading toward the Mezzanine and Balcony seating levels. Depending on the guest’s ticket location for these two levels, additional walking may be required. If guests are not able to travel up and down steps, tickets for events should be purchased for the Orchestra level.
Four wheelchair seating locations will be reserved until the day of each performance.Each seating level is accessible via the elevator inside The Apollo’s Historic Theater. Guests should be aware of the small steps leading toward the Mezzanine and Balcony seating levels. Depending on the guest’s ticket location for these two levels, additional walking may be required. If guests are not able to travel up and down steps, tickets for events should be purchased for the Orchestra level.
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Victoria Theater 1 is a 199-seat flexible black box theater that can be transformed into a myriad of configurations and styles. It features an intimate lounge-like space that is ideal for stage productions, concerts, panel discussions, commercial shoots and private functions.
JONELLE PROCOPE THEATER
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The Jonelle Procope Theater, named in honor of the former Apollo President/CEO, is a 99-seat flexible black box theater that can be transformed into a myriad of configurations and styles. It features an intimate lounge-like space that is ideal for intimate concerts, panel conversations, commercial shoots, private functions, exhibits, or installations.
The Apollo mainstage
Accessible Seating
The Apollo’s Historic Theater has 12 wheelchair seating locations available for every show, all on the Orchestra seating level. Tickets for wheelchair seating locations can be purchased at The Apollo Theater box office or on Ticketmaster.
Four wheelchair seating locations will be reserved until the day of each performance.Each seating level is accessible via the elevator inside The Apollo’s Historic Theater. Guests should be aware of the small steps leading toward the Mezzanine and Balcony seating levels. Depending on the guest’s ticket location for these two levels, additional walking may be required. If guests are not able to travel up and down steps, tickets for events should be purchased for the Orchestra level.
Four wheelchair seating locations will be reserved until the day of each performance.Each seating level is accessible via the elevator inside The Apollo’s Historic Theater. Guests should be aware of the small steps leading toward the Mezzanine and Balcony seating levels. Depending on the guest’s ticket location for these two levels, additional walking may be required. If guests are not able to travel up and down steps, tickets for events should be purchased for the Orchestra level.
Upcoming Events
Dec 6
The Apollo Stages at The Victoria
Apollo Music Café: Luedji Luna
Herald as one of the most powerful new voices in Brazil, Luedji Luna makes The Apollo the first stop on her U.S. tour. In this rare, intimate setting, the Grammy-nominated vocalist performs music from the albums Bom Mesmo É Estar Debaixo D'água and Um Corpo no Mundo. Her versatile repertoire flows like water and includes piano-led ballads, jazz fusion, candomblé-inspired Brazilian pop and African polyrhythms backed by West African spinning guitars. Luedji Luna closes out the year with the global message of peace, unity, hope and love.
Dec 6
Howard Theatre, 620 T Street NW, Washington, DC
A Toast To The Apollo
On the occasion of the Apollo Theater receiving a Kennedy Center Honor this year, the Historic Howard Theatre will host “A Toast to the Apollo” on Friday, December 6, 2024 from 6:30 pm until 10:30 pm at the Howard Theatre, 620 T Street NW, Washington,DC.
While the Kennedy Center has never honored an organization in its 47 year history, the Apollo will receive a special Honor as an iconic American institution, emphasizing the Apollo’s impact on the past, present, and future of American culture and the performing arts.
“A Toast to the Apollo” will be hosted by star of screen and stage, Phylicia Rashad, and will feature an evening of tributes from Apollo icons, including performances by local and national artists including renown urban harmonicist Frédéric Yonnet, American vocal girl group En Vogue, and a special tribute performance by Tony and Grammy award winning artist and icon Jennifer Holliday.
The night promises to be as iconic as these two legendary theaters — and the beginning of an artistic bond between The Apollo and the Howard Theatre!
Dec 7
The Apollo Stages at The Victoria
Apollo Music Café: Josiah Bell
As we close out the year, singer, songwriter and DJ Josiah Bell rings in a night of music for you to dust-off, reset and remix! This spirit-lifting evening opens with Josiah performing songs from his new release Give It To God Go To Sleep. Then put on your dancing shoes as Josiah gets behind the DJ booth and shifts the room to a house party that blends music from Aretha to Marvin. It’s a night of renewal and release with the aim to take you higher!
Dec 7
Apollo's Historic Theater
Double Dutch Holiday Classic
In 1973, David A. Walker, then a New York City Police Community Affairs Detective, developed the street game of Double Dutch into the World Class Sport that it is today. Since that initial tournament in 1974, competitive Double Dutch has expanded with citywide and national championships. Nearly 100,000 girls and boys representing schools and community centers throughout the United States and the world compete for team positions at the national and international events. The NDDL 33rd Annual, David A. Walker Memorial, Double Dutch Holiday Classic makes possible speed and music fusion events for the best Double Dutch teams in the world. Each year, since 1991, the Double Dutch Holiday Classic has sold out to parent supported, standing room only audiences.
Dec 10
The Apollo Stages at The Victoria
Luther: Never Too Much
Step into the world of Apollo Legend Luther Vandross like never before with Luther: Never Too Much, a sneak-peek documentary screening at The Apollo Stages at The Victoria. Featuring rare and never-before-seen archival footage, this intimate film allows the icon to tell his own story, with insights from his closest friends and legendary musical collaborators including Mariah Carey, Dionne Warwick, and Roberta Flack. Following the film, stay for a talkback with filmmaker, Dawn Porter.
Be one of the first to experience this powerful documentary before its on-air premiere.
Dec 11
Apollo Historic Theater
Amateur Night at The Apollo: Quarter Final
Known as one of New York’s most popular live entertainment experiences, Amateur Night at The Apollo attracts performers and audiences from around the world in a classic talent competition that has launched the careers of countless legendary artists, from Ella Fitzgerald, Luther Vandross, Lauryn Hill, H.E.R, Machine Gun Kelly, Jazmine Sullivan and more.
Join the fun with the weekly classic competition that sheds light on the careers of a whole new roster of stars. Be a part of the notoriously “tough” audience in an interactive evening unlike any other and lend your voice to decide who will “Be Good or Be Gone!” to win the triumphant grand prize.
Amateur Night at The Apollo sponsored by Coca-Cola, is hosted by the comedian Capone. Each show begins with a festive pre-party featuring video and music by DJ Jess and Set It Off Man Greginald Spencer. Keep a lookout for C.P. Lacey, the resident Executioner who sweeps bad talent off the stage!
Dec 11
Through Dec 18
The Apollo Stages at The Victoria
Got The Power Boomboxes: SUGARCANE AND COTTON
Experience a powerful exploration of music, art and cultural liberation with Got The Power Boomboxes: Sugarcane and Cotton by renowned installation artist Bayeté Ross Smith.
Engage with a dynamic soundscape featuring freedom songs cherished by Harlem residents, their stories, and historical insights about the impact of the sugar and cotton industries on our present and future. These two sculptures continue the conversation about preserving our nation’s history and its broader significance.
Got The Power Boomboxes: Sugarcane and Cotton will be on view at The Laura and Frank Baker Gallery at The Apollo Stages at The Victoria through December 18, 2024. Don’t miss your chance to be part of this impactful exhibition.
Dec 14
Apollo Historic Theater
Amateur Night: Holiday Special
The Apollo Amateur Night Holiday Special showcases talented alumni of the show’s “Stars of Tomorrow” segment, spotlighting the young performers hoping to follow in the footsteps of Apollo Legends like Ella Fitzgerald and H.E.R., whose careers were launched on the stage of The Apollo.
Amateur Night at The Apollo sponsored by Coca-Cola, is hosted by the comedian Capone. Each show begins with a festive pre-party featuring video and music by DJ Jess and Set It Off Man Greginald Spencer. Keep a lookout for C.P. Lacey, the resident Executioner who sweeps bad talent off the stage!
Dec 14
The Apollo Stages at The Victoria
Coca-Cola Winter Wonderland
Join The Apollo at Coca-Cola Winter Wonderland for a festive celebration at The Apollo Stages at The Victoria! This event is filled with holiday-themed activities including photos with Black Santa, live performances, and opportunities to give back to the community with family and friends. Winter Wonderland promises an unforgettable day of holiday cheer. Don’t miss this exciting tradition in Harlem at its new location in The Apollo Stages at The Victoria.
Dec 18
Apollo Historic Theater
Amateur Night at The Apollo
Known as one of New York’s most popular live entertainment experiences, Amateur Night at The Apollo attracts performers and audiences from around the world in a classic talent competition that has launched the careers of countless legendary artists, from Ella Fitzgerald, Luther Vandross, Lauryn Hill, H.E.R, Machine Gun Kelly, Jazmine Sullivan and more.
Join the fun with the weekly classic competition that sheds light on the careers of a whole new roster of stars. Be a part of the notoriously “tough” audience in an interactive evening unlike any other and lend your voice to decide who will “Be Good or Be Gone!” to win the triumphant grand prize.
Amateur Night at The Apollo sponsored by Coca-Cola, is hosted by the comedian Capone. Each show begins with a festive pre-party featuring video and music by DJ Jess and Set It Off Man Greginald Spencer. Keep a lookout for C.P. Lacey, the resident Executioner who sweeps bad talent off the stage!
Dec 21
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Kwanzaa: A Regeneration Celebration
Kwanzaa: A Regeneration Celebration lights up The Apollo! This annual tradition brings the community together for a night filled with energy, reflection, and joy.
Join The Apollo and Abdel R. Salaam’s Forces of Nature Dance Theatre to experience a vibrant celebration rooted in unity, self-determination, and community. Through powerful dance, music, and spoken word performances, we'll uplift the 7 principles.
Hosted by Olabamidele Husbands, and featuring the talented young artists from FIYAA: Forces Incredible Youth Arts Alliance this is more than a show—it's a cultural celebration. Feel the rhythm of traditions that span the African continent in a night of music, percussion, and electrifying dance that will leave you inspired and connected with your community. Don’t miss this unforgettable celebration of Kwanzaa at The Apollo!
Dec 22
The Kennedy Center Honors
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has selected the 47th Honorees for lifetime artistic achievements: acclaimed director and filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola; legendary American rock band the Grateful Dead (Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Bobby Weir); blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Bonnie Raitt; jazz trumpeter, pianist, and composer Arturo Sandoval; and The Apollo, which will receive a special Honors as an iconic American institution.
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